Opening Day 2023! A nice and steamy February morning had the Honey Badgers up early with a trip to the wonky fields of NEMP. The mist was rising, as were the bumps on the field. A strong group gathered pretty much on-time with four subs at their disposal to face off against Hill Country United….
Last game of the Fall Season against a Classic old-school CRU opponent, the dreaded Celtic Cowboys! The Honey Badgers Haden’t faced off against the Celts in a few years, but it was nice to see the green and white hoops across the lines like days of old. With Jayone suffering a shoulder injury while dreaming…
On an actual winter morning, with frost in the air and Ciro in need of a thick, wool blanket, the Honey Badgers got back to their winning ways with a 2-1 thumping of long-time friendly rivals, Beercalona. Badgertown didn’t have a tent on this gray morning, but they did have some Badgers to welcome back…
Sunday. Noon. Still too hot and muggy for November. Ciro was in uniform, but for how long? Andy showed up, but would he have his jersey and cleats? Jefe and the tents were back, but would they turn the tide? Three-ish subs arrived, but would they be enough? So many questions. So many questions. The…
No tent. No ball. No beer. No Jefe. There were some David S Pumpkins level Halloween tricks going on yesterday at Onion Creek. Brian Parks did show up for this first action this season after recovering from successful pronoun surgery. He’s now going by “Dem Parks”. He also brought a ball, as did Ciro who…
Well, strategically, the Badgers are putting in work on their long-term plan of staying in Over 40A, and yesterday was the first step. The Badgers controlled most of the action, but just couldn’t find the back of the net enough to grab some points from their friendly rivalry with the pit masters of Beerca. Cameron…
October. A hint of fall in the air. Back to Onion Creek for a game against Lofty FC. Wait, what’s that, 3 subs in Badgertown! (well, for the first half anyway) A Nasty Nate sighting! Danimal was back. Babies, children, two tents….. things were looking positive for Cameron Road during the pre-game build up. The…
Sunday brought the bi-annual pilgrimage to the high plains of NEMP. Jefe was (of course) first to the field to set up Badgertown and greet the players. The patchwork pitch was actually looking slightly less than terrible, with strange patches of St. Augustine sprouting up inside the 18 yard boxes, and rolling hills of semi-green…
The Match Report according to Jefe: They scored on us on a break away five minuted into the game. Jeff Z intercepted the ball but it went right to their guy, Todd. Of course his name is Todd…. he’s cool though. He was on the wrong side of me and it was a race to…
The musty jersey that has been sitting in the trunk of your car for a month. The search for the 2nd red sock. The shameful pre-game trek to the port-o-potty. The stickers covering the ball in pre-game warmup. Ahh, the sights and smells for Opening Day at Onion Creek. The Honey Badgers suited up for…
Another beautiful 8am game at the Clark Field Stadium. Green grass, musical vibes, Ciro had Starbucks and Jefe had a pre-game Twisted Tea. All was good…. except there wasn’t a keeper in sight with Jaybone reenacting the 1985 smash hit Easy Lover by Phil Collins and Philip Bailey in his living room. “Billy, you want…
So many story lines as the Honey Badgers capped off their championship season with a 3-1 victory over Balcones Fault FC. With the Jugglers losing prior to kickoff, the Badgers ended the season with a dominating 8 point margin at the top of the Over 40B table. Champions baby, champions. With the season wrapped up,…
Needing one point in the final two games to claim the Over 40B title, a short-handed CRU took the pitch against the dreaded Jugglers with dreams of another title on their minds. It was another week of “next man up” as half the squad was either injured, out of town, battling COVID, or raising a…
This was gonna be a tough one. The Honey Badgers were in desperate need of 11 players not injured, out of town, or missing in action. Luckily, no small thanks to Chris Peterson’s social media blitz, 11 players showed up and took the pitch to face the Old Boys on a beautiful Sunday morning. The…
In a rematch of the season’s opening day loss, Cameron Road wanted revenge on Travis FC on a boiling hot Sunday afternoon. Way too hot for April, but so goes Texas. The Honey Badgers had a lone sub on the sidelines and Travis FC showed up with none. The Badgers are on a roll with…
Gigi remained unstoppable. A new Bald Dome of Power took center stage. Andy had white socks.
On a glorious, sunny day, Cameron Road set up shop on field three to protect their lead at the top of the table. With the Jugglers tying before them, the Honey Badgers could build up a bit of a f-up barrier with a win against Balcones Fault and their boring green uniforms. The troops were…
It was sweet sweet revenge for Cameron Road today as they leapfrogged The Jugglers to go back into first place on Jefe’s birthday. Jefe was there in spirit, as his physical body had been consuming mushrooms and margaritas since 6am as he received a day off to extend the celebrations. #sakibomb It was a (shocker)…
It was a typical Texas weekend. Saturday was miserable and rainy, but Sunday was glorious, sunny with a chill in the air. So much of a chill at the wee hours of the morning that Jake turned up with a jet engine to keep everyone nice and toasty….. with the slight possibility of burning down…
Three months off and the Honey Badgers kicked off their season with a tough loss on field 10 out at Onion Creek. The numbers were solid with four subs. Derek was back on the pitch, Chappy was still not ready to suit up and Ciro was (presumably) cold somewhere. New Brian, who is actually original…
Hopefully these Elephants do forget, because they’ve been beaten 24-0 in two games against the explosive Honey Badgers. When you lose two games on the trot, the Elephants are the perfect medicine to make all the pain go away. With one sub at their disposal (what a treat!), Cameron Road hit the pitch on a…
Thanks to Jefe for the mostly coherent recap….. Dateline: Austin’s False Fall, Sunday, October 31 – Halloween. Would last week’s slip-up with only a 7 man squad still haunt the Honey Badgers, or would they turn things around and get back to their winning ways? Would their be a victory feast of quality candy inside…
Now that’s a headline baby! Like the 300 Spartans at the Hot Gates of Thermopylae, the severely outnumbered Honey Badgers faced an onslaught of Juggalos, fresh from the Gathering. In a perfect storm of vacations, Covid restrictions, injuries and previous engagements, only 7 Honey Badgers were available to make the trek to Manor on a…
As summer continued to cling to Onion Creek for one last weekend, the field was sweltering like a Cinnabon oven. Badgertown was unusually tentless and sub-free. But there was a cool spider sighting. Usually, a lack of subs could pose a problem on a hot day, but as the Ol’Boys gathered up on the sidelines…
That’s right, you read it here first. Cameron Road defeated Manchester United’s Over 40 squad on Sunday afternoon at Onion Creek. Austin promised several inches of rain this weekend, but instead delivered a hot, humid, ragweed infused sweatshop of a pitch to do battle on. The Honey Badgers were welcoming back most of missing post-pandemic…
Field 10. The Treeline. A slight dew on the field. Jefe nestled inside Badgertown. Late players. Toddlers. A Jeff Z sighting! Ol’Schwarzy! Sweltering Texas heat. The scene was set for game #2 in this young Fall Season. The Honey Badgers were looking for a more competitive game this week and they got it from a…
An Adam’s Arms Story…. After receiving Zeke’s latest email, the subject and quality of his content brought me great sadness. I yearned both for soccer and for match reports of said soccer from the #1 AMSA Over 30A Team Website in the Universe. And with that I bring you… 5:45 AM – Zeke receives…
Somewhere out there in the flux of time and space, there’s a parallel universe that is exactly like ours – except for two very key differences. The first is that there is no Corona Virus. The second is that instead of a hot plate to cook his nightly tomato soup, Ryan Willis has a Stainless…
Let’s get one thing straight, this was a glorious day for Cameron Road United. The victorious weekend on the pitch all started with a birthday celebration for Jefe on Friday, as McKenna showed true Badger hospitality at The Grove in the form of tequila shots, wine (both kinds….red and white) and classic Italian entrées. Unfortunately, he…
Cameron Road took another one on the chin today on the first day of March as they fell to ATX United 4-0. But that didn’t tell the whole story as the scoreline flattered ATX. For most of the 90 minutes the game was a closely played chess match. The Badgers knew they might be in…